by Shanon | May 20, 2021 | Boom Cards, Boom Cards, My Stories
End of year activities Who doesn’t love hearing End of Year Activities? The end of the school year has always created a ton of mixed emotions for me. As much as I want to start my summer break, saying good-bye is hard! I just got them where I want them, and...
by Shanon | Mar 25, 2021 | My Stories
Lirpa Loof April Fools Day Activity: Have you ever done something with (to) your students that you thought would be really funny? Like… a joke/trick/etc? Ya’ll… I found this April Fools’ Day activity on Teachers Pay Teachers (I think…)...
by Shanon | Aug 23, 2020 | Back to School, My Stories, Writing Activities
MONTY’S JOURNAL So – every year I introduced our class MASCOT Monty! Monty was introduced to my class in 2004. He was one of Courtney’s stuffed animals, but somehow I adopted Monty early on. Monty was equipped with a cute little bag (that my mom made), as well...
by Shanon | Aug 23, 2020 | Back to School, My Stories
What is a STAR STUDENT When celebrating our kiddos in our classroom, we referred to this as student of the week. For us, this meant that each week we would celebrate one of our students with all kinds of different activities. Read on to find out how we made each...
by Shanon | Jun 26, 2020 | Back to School, My Stories
First Day of School Introductions So – this is something I did every year on the first day of school. I’m still very sad that I didn’t keep these books when I left first grade the first time! But – it’s still a fun idea, IMO! On the first day of school,...
by Shanon | Apr 5, 2018 | My Stories, Staying Organized
My Beliefs So, I’ve always been a firm believer in giving students time in class to read. My heart is sad when I hear that the time to read has been cut drastically ore removed completely from our classrooms. I am sure there will be people who are reading this...
